Pope urges racial reconciliation in Australia

SYDNEY(10/08/2006):Pope Benedict XVI has called on Australians to do more towards racial reconciliation between settlers and the country’s Aborigines, many of whom live impoverished and marginalised lives.The Pope made the call in a message read on his behalf to a gathering of Aboriginal Catholics in the outback town of Alice Springs on Saturday night, to mark the 20th anniversary of a visit by his predecessor Pope John Paul II. To know more click: